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Discuss in your Groups Good → Being Good → Function → Parts of the Soul → Reason → Virtues Do humans have a function? If so, what is it? [The function of A: what A alone can do, or what A does best.] Aristotle on the Human Function Good → Being Good → Function → Parts of the Soul → Reason → Virtues The function of human beings: whatever human beings alone can do, or can do best. Aristotle on the Human Function Good → Being Good → Function → Parts of the Soul → Reason → Virtues The function of human beings: whatever human beings alone can do, or can do best. Is the function of human beings … … nutrition and growth? Aristotle on the Human Function Good → Being Good → Function → Parts of the Soul → Reason → Virtues The function of human beings: whatever human beings alone can do, or can do best. Is the function of human beings … … nutrition and growth? (No, for all living things can excel at this) Aristotle on the Human Function Good → Being Good → Function → Parts of the Soul → Reason → Virtues The function of human beings: whatever human beings alone can do, or can do best. Is the function of human beings … … nutrition and growth? (No, for all living things can excel at this) … sensation? Aristotle on the Human Function Good → Being Good → Function → Parts of the Soul → Reason → Virtues The function of human beings: whatever human beings alone can do, or can do best. Is the function of human beings … … nutrition and growth? (No, for all living things can excel at this) … sensation? (No, for all animals can excel at this) Aristotle on the Human Function Good → Being Good → Function → Parts of the Soul → Reason → Virtues The function of human beings: whatever human beings alone can do, or can do best. Is the function of human beings … … nutrition and growth? (No, for all living things can excel at this) … sensation? (No, for all animals can excel at this) … reason? Aristotle on the Human Function Good → Being Good → Function → Parts of the Soul → Reason → Virtues The function of human beings: whatever human beings alone can do, or can do best. Is the function of human beings … … nutrition and growth? (No, for all living things can excel at this) … sensation? (No, for all animals can excel at this) … reason? (Yes, for human beings alone have this). Aristotle on the Human Soul Good → Being Good → Function → Parts of the Soul → Reason → Virtues Rational Part: The part that thinks [Bk. 1, ch. 13] Aristotle on the Human Soul Good → Being Good → Function → Parts of the Soul → Reason → Virtues Rational Part: The part that thinks Irrational Part: The part that doesn’t think Nutritive … and causes nutrition and growth. Appetitive …and desires. [Bk. 1, ch. 13] Aristotle on the Human Soul Good → Being Good → Function → Parts of the Soul → Reason → Virtues Rational Part: The part that thinks Irrational Part: The part that doesn’t think Nutritive … and causes nutrition and growth. — not affected by reason Appetitive …and desires. — affected by reason [Bk. 1, ch. 13] Aristotle on the Roles of Reason Good → Being Good → Function → Parts of the Soul → Reason → Virtues Reason plays two roles in human beings … Theoretical — insofar as it participates in the theoretical sciences (seeking truth regardless of practical application). Practical — insofar as it restrains our appetites and guides our conduct and emotions. … and therefore we can excel in two ways: Intellectual Virtues, concerning knowledge. Moral Virtues, concerning our conduct. [Bk. 1, ch. 13] Aristotle on the Virtues Good → Being Good → Function → Parts of the Soul → Reason → Virtues Kind of Virtue As an excellence in the: Moral (character) practical sphere Intellectual theoretical sphere Acquired through: Aiming at: Requiring: Examples habit intelligent conduct phronesis liberality, temperance learning discovering truth experience and time sophia, phronesis [Bk. 2, ch. 1] Sophia = wisdom Phronesis = practical wisdom (prudence)

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